After a chaotic start to the new Congress, lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are playing nice with new House Speaker Kevin McCarthy — for now.
Democrats said they’d work as much as possible with the California Republican — who last week endured 15 humiliating rounds of voting to become top dog — while one hardcore conservative said the recent chaos was actually a good thing.
New House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., said Sunday that he’d had “positive, forward-looking” conversations with McCarthy in recent weeks, though he lamented the dysfunction among the GOP.
